Catholic Matters Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth

In Catholic Matters, Father Richard John Neuhaus addresses the many controversies that have marked recent decades of American Catholicism. Looking beyond these troubles to "the splendor of truth" by which the Catholic Church is constituted, he proposes a vibrant, forward-thinking way of being Catholic in America. Drawing on his personal encounters with the late John Paul II and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, Father Neuhaus describes their hope for a springtime of world evangelization, Christian unity and Catholic renewal. Catholic Matters shows a vibrant Church-one strengthened and unified by hardship-that may be on the cusp of a great revival in her spiritual vitality and poised to make an even greater contribution to our common life. Book jacket.

Richard John Neuhaus is acclaimed as one of the foremost authorities on religion in the contemporary world and is President of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. He is the editor-in-chief of the Institute’s monthly publication First Things. He is the author of many books, including Freedom for Ministry, The Naked Public Square, The Catholic Movement, Believing Today, Death on a Friday Afternoon, and As I Lay Dying. A priest of the Archdiocese of New York, he lives in Manhattan.